plum duff

American  

noun

1. a duff containing raisins.

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Etymology

Origin of plum duff

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

Then in two dreary cinemadapted James Barrie plays, she slid into interpretations as heavy and lifeless as plum duff.

From Time Magazine Archive

"If the sea gets much higher, Cookie won't have to stir the plum duff at all!"

From The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis

Go in for salt pork, plum duff, and lop-scouse, an’ you’ll git well ’fore you kin say Jack Rubinson.”

From The Madman and the Pirate by Twidle, Arthur

We were told that on Sundays the men usually had pudding; but "Bill," who was the cook that week, was pronounced to be "no hand at a plum duff."

From A Boy's Voyage Round the World by Smiles, Samuel

He’ll never eat plum duff again, poor chap.

From Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant by Greene, John B.